CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Knossos, Lustration, Pithos
12 Oct 2016
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Keeper of the ashmolian museum at oxford (main curator), specialist in sealstones (carved coin like objects in either stone or metal, used to seal documents: decorated with images, often made with semi-precious stone or gold as well. Noticed that a lot of sealstones he found on crete had bulls on them. This led him to connect that story of the minotaur may have come from crete, a few years later he successfully found the palace of knossos. As he excavated knossos, he also began rebuilding it. Flourishing of minoan culture: 4 majo(cid:396) (cid:858)pala(cid:272)es(cid:859)/sites. All four palaces are very similar: contain an open central space called the central court, around which the rest of the building was constructed. Architectural features in common among the minoan palaces: central courtyards (2:1 ratio, length to width, warehouses/storage areas, western entrances (principle entrance, theatrical areas. Large open area in front with rows of steps that look like seating: pillar crypt/ritual space (not all underground)
